Preliminary hearing will continue for Bob Adams, accused of molestation

Bob Adams, the former principal of the new-defunct Creative Frontiers School in Citrus Heights, came one day closer Monday to finding out if child molestation charges against him will move forward to a trial.

During a preliminary hearing Monday, Adams sat restlessly in court as a prosecutor questioned a police officer about the evidence in the case, including Adams’ own answers to questions the officer asked him about the girls who said he molested them at the school.

“I asked him why he did it,” said Citrus Heights police officer Joe Rangel. “I asked him, did he do it to make them relax? He said he did not do it to make them relax.”

But the officer testified that at one point during the interview, Adams did not answer a question about whether he believes the children are lying.

“And I repeated the question,” Rangel said. “I asked him again, 'are they lying?' And again, there was a long pause.”

It was Rangel’s second day on the stand, and he testified for about 2 ½ hours, mostly answering questions from Adams’ defense attorney, Linda Parisi.

Parisi questioned the credibility of others who police have interviewed, and asked Rangel questions about at least one student, one staff member from the school, and parents who have complained about alleged molestation by Adams.

Adams is charged with six felony counts of child molestation.

He is expected back in court Tuesday morning for a continued preliminary hearing.